Steppenwolf is a Canadian-American rock band, prominent from 1968 to 1972. The group was formed in late 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, keyboardist Goldy McJohn, and drummer Jerry Edmonton (all previous Jack London & ; Sparrows from Oshawa, Ontario). Guitarist Michael Monarch and bass guitarist Rushton Moreve were recruited by a notice stationed in the Los Angeles-area record and musical instrument store.
Steppenwolf sold over 25 million albums worldwide, released 8 gold albums and 12 Billboard Hot 100 singles, six of which were the top 40 hits, including three top 10 successes: "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride", and "Rock Me". Steppenwolf enjoyed worldwide success from 1968 to 1972, but a rival personality led to the end of the core ranks. Today, John Kay is the only original member, having served as a lead singer since 1967.
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Burung Sparrows
In 1965, John Kay joined Sparrows, a popular Canadian band, and was followed by Goldy McJohn. The group finally broke up.
Successful success and setback (1968-1972)
In 1968, Gabriel Mekler urged Kay to reshape Sparrows and suggested a name change for Steppenwolf, inspired by the Hermann Hesse novel of the same name. The first two singles of Steppenwolf are "A Girl I Knew" and "Sookie Sookie". The band eventually rocketed into the world of fame after their third single, "Born to Be Wild", was released in 1968, as well as their version of Hoyt Axton "The Pusher". Both of these songs are used prominently in the 1969 Easy-Rider craze cult film (both titles have been released on the band's debut album). In the film, "The Pusher" accompanies a drug deal, and Peter Fonda puts the money into his Stars and Stripes-clad fuel tank, after which "Born to Be Wild" is heard in the opening credits, with Fonda and Dennis Hopper riding horses. Harley choppers them through America in the late 1960s. The song, which has been closely linked to motorcycles ever since, introduces rock lyrics with the term "heavy metal" (though not about a kind of music, but about motorcycles: "I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder, racin 'with the wind... "). Written by guitarist Sparrow Dennis Edmonton, who started using the pen name Mars Bonfire and was inspired by a roadside billboard advertisement favored by Bonfire describing a motorcycle tearing down his work, the song had reached number two on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1968. It sold over a million copies, and was awarded a gold disk.
In 1968, Steppenwolf played one of their greatest performances up to that time at Filmore East for his warm reviews, sharing the bill with Buddy Rich and Children of God. On November 27, 1968 they played a concert with Iron Butterfly at the Baltimore Civic Center.
The following albums have a few more hit singles, including "Magic Carpet Ride" (which reached number three) from The Second and "Rock Me" (with a 1: 6 bridge that reaches number 10) from On Your Birthday Party . It also sold over one million units. The Monster , questioning Vietnam War policy, is the band's most political album. Following the album Monster from 1969, the following year, the band released Steppenwolf 7 , which included the song "Snowblind Friend", another Hoyt Axton song about the era and attitude of drugs and problems related. The band's bands for their live performances in the mid-1970s were John Kay, Jerry Edmonton, Goldy McJohn, Larry Byrom, and George Biondo. This lineup also can not stay together, because Byrom became annoyed with McJohn over personal issues and quit the band in early 1971.
Some changes in group personnel are done after the first few years. Moreve was sacked from the group in 1968 for a show that lost after he became afraid to return to Los Angeles, convinced by his girlfriend that it would be leveled by an earthquake and fell into the sea. Rob Black briefly filled in for Moreve until former Sparrow Nick St. team mate Nicholas appeared in the last months of 1968. Monarch left the group in August 1969 when his relationship with Kay deteriorated. Larry Byrom, who has a TIME with Nick St. Nicholas, immediately replaced the Monarch. Nick St. Nicholas was released in the mid-1970s. He should have appeared in nothing but the ears of a rabbit and an athlete rope at Fillmore East in April 1969 - a poorly documented story strongly denied by St. Louis. Nicholas - and his habit of wearing muumuus and kaftans on stage began to be worn on Kay, who likes for vests and leather pants more in line with the image he wants for the band. George Biondo was subsequently recruited, and Kent Henry's guitarist replaced Byrom in early 1971. In November 1971, the band released For Ladies Only , with a lineup consisting of Kay, Henry, Biondo, McJohn, and Edmonton. The album is famous for several reasons, especially the controversial LP in the art cover, romantic lyrical, political, and social content, and the fact that it featured some group members on the main vocals.
Breakup (1972-1973)
The band broke up after a farewell concert in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day, 1972. Kay went on to a short solo career, scoring a small solo hit in 1972 with "I'm Movin 'On" from his album Forgotten and Unsung Songs Heroes . Despite generally getting high marks from most critics, disappointing album sales in the US. Kay released her second solo album in 1973 on the Dunhill label titled My Sportin 'Life . The album sold less than its first solo album and a less sandy and more LA studio-polish in sound.
After the first official breakup of Steppenwolf, and after the release of Kay's first solo album, summer and fall 1972 tours in the United States and Europe took place, featuring Kay headed John Kay Band and Steppenwolf, at the top of the bill. Dunhill has released the album collection of the Steppenwolf song titled Rest in Peace . As such, the tour was known as a RIP tour. John Kay Band included Hugh Sullivan on keyboards and Whitey (Pentti) Glan on drums (both contributors to John Kay's first solo album). Kent Henry on lead and slide guitar and George Biondo on bass joining Kay in both formations. The Steppenwolf band lineup featured Goldy McJohn on keyboards and Jerry Edmonton on drums. This tour proved to be a pretty positive experience for all musicians and attracted a large audience.
After this tour, while Kay was recording her second solo album in 1973, McJohn and Edmonton continued to play and form a band called Manbeast. Some of the material created during the Manbeast period appeared on the 1974 Steppenwolf reunion album, the most famous being "Gang War Blues", which was recorded as a demo with Edmonton with slightly different lyrics.
Reunion (1974-1976)
Steppenwolf was reformed in 1974 with core ranks from Kay, Edmonton, and McJohn, along with the old Biondo bassist and newcomer Bobby Cochran, Eddie Cochran's niece, on the main guitar. The band signed a contract with Mums Records in retaliation for Kay's perceived lack of support by Dunhill Records for her solo album. Their first reunion album is Slow Flux , which includes their last 40 hit hit, "Straight Shootin 'Woman". In February 1975, McJohn was dismissed for what Kay described as a decline in the quality of his performance, as well as his erratic behavior. McJohn was replaced by Andy Chapin at the Hour of the Wolf in 1975, although McJohn appeared in the artwork for singles to Caroline . After the album peaked at number 155, Kay sought to dissolve the band again, but the label, now has been absorbed by Epic Records, insisted Steppenwolf recorded another album to fulfill their contractual obligations. The next album, Skullduggery (1976), featured Wayne Cook on the keyboard, released without a tour to support it, and in the early fall of 1976, Steppenwolf broke up for the second time. Kay appeared on the popular music TV segment of The Midnight Special to announce the end of Steppenwolf and also played a solo version of the song "Hey I'm Alright". The song appeared on Kay's third solo album, All In Good Time, released on Mercury Records in 1978.
"New Steppenwolf" revival act (1976 ) -1980)
After Kay disbanded Steppenwolf, former members of Goldy McJohn and Nick St. Nicholas formed a "resurgence act" called "New Steppenwolf". McJohn did not last long, but St. Nicholas continued the business for several years. Various incarnations include, according to author Dave Thompson, a "musicians' turn" consisting of "practicing players". The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & amp; Roll describes these bands as "unprofessional, fake versions" of Steppenwolf. Although Kay and Edmonton originally licensed the use of the name "New Steppenwolf", they were subsequently charged for breaching the contract. St. Nicholas agreed in 1980 to stop using the name, but the legal dispute on the use of the Steppenwolf name promotion continued until 2000.
John Kay and Steppenwolf (1980-present)
Kay held several meetings with David Pesnell about management, concert promotions, and producing a new album for the band. Pesnell wanted to produce an album featuring new songs on the A side, by the band that reformed Three Dog Night and with the B side of the album featuring the songs by Steppenwolf. The album's work name is "Back to Back", a game in every band that has album sides and the fact the bands are back together again. The Pesnell concept is simple: each band has to record four new songs, with the fifth song on each side showing a medley of past band songs. It will deliver an album produced by Pesnell, releasing multiple singles to support a concert tour featuring two bands. Although both bands love the concept of album and tour, the argument includes who will be the A side and the B side and which of them will be the headlines on the upcoming concert tour.
The lines of John Kay and the reformed Steppenwolf feature John Kay, Michael Palmer (guitar, backing vocals), Steve Palmer (drums, backing vocals), Danny Ironstone (keyboard, backing vocals), and Kurtis Teel on bass. The Palmer brothers have played in a group called High Water and have also been involved with Kay in her solo career playing live performances in the late 1970s. Teel was replaced by Chad Peery and Ironstone by Brett Tuggle in 1981, and a new grouping was released Live in London abroad. Tuggle was later moved by Michael Wilk and a new studio album, Wolf Tracks , released in 1982 on the Attic (Nautilus in US) small label. Wolf Tracks is one of the earliest digital recording albums in the industry. It was recorded directly on Sony's two-way digital recording system. Bassist Welton Gite, who appeared on the album, left shortly after it was completed and was replaced by Gary Link. Another album, Paradox , followed in 1984.
In December 1984, the band disbanded and Kay and Wilk decided to continue in early 1985 with a pared-down quartet consisting of Kay, Wilk, Wilk's friends, Ron Hurst (drums, backing vocals), and Rocket Ritchotte (guitar, backing vocals). Wilk also handles bass duties from computer keyboard sequences since then. The line-up was released by Rock N 'Roll Rebels (1987) and Rise & amp; Shine (1990); this is in Qwil and I.R.S. Record tracks, respectively. Ritchotte had set off temporarily in 1989 to be replaced by Les Dudek and then Steve Fister, but then returned in 1990 for three more years. Fister (ex-Iron Butterfly) back in late 1993, but changed the guitar duty to Danny Johnson (formerly of Derringer, Rod Stewart, and others) in 1996.
When the band was named after Der Steppenwolf's novel by German author Hermann Hesse, who was born in the Black Forest town of Calw, the city invited them to come and play at the International Hermann-Hesse-Festival 2002, another band inspired by Hesse, like Anyone's Daughter. The concert attracted a lot of media coverage, with the eloquent German of Kay dazzling those who did not know beforehand about his growing time in Germany - in fact, he was born Joachim Fritz Krauledat in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia).
The band did what they later labeled "Farewell Concert" on October 6, 2007 at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Maryland, featuring Kay, keyboardist and programmer Michael Wilk, drummer Ron Hurst, and guitarist Danny Johnson; However, they started making more live appearances in 2011 in North America, and continued until all of 2017.
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band members
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- John Kay - vocal utama, guitar strings, accordion
(1967-1972, 1974-1976, 1980-sekarang) - Michael Wilk - keyboard, backing vocal
- Gary Link - Bass, Backing Vocal (1982-1984, 2009-present)
- Ron Hurst - Drum, Backing Vocal (1984-sekarang)
- Danny Johnson - guitar utama, backing vocals, mandolin (1996-sekarang)
Discography
- Steppenwolf Steppenwolf (1968) Yang Kedua (1968) Di Pesta Ulang Tahun Anda (1969) Monster (1969) Steppenwolf 7 (1970) Untuk Ladies Only (1971) Slow Flux (1974) Jam Serigala (1975) Skullduggery (1976)
- John Kay's Steppenwolf Wolftracks (1982) Paradox (1984) Rock & amp; Roll Rebels (1987)
- Bangkit & amp; Shine (1990)
- July 5, 1968, Hollywood Hollywood Bowl, CA dengan the Doors
- 4 August 1968, of Costa Mesa, CA, sebagai bagian dari Newport Pop Festival dengan Kalengan, Sonny & Cher, Grateful Dead, Byrds Day
- 11 September 1968, of Avalon Ballroom of San Francisco dengan Santana
- 6 Desember 1968, Spectrum of Philadelphia, sebagai bagian dari Quaker City Rock Festival dengan Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, dan Iron Butterfly
- June 20, 1969, of Devonshire Downs in Northridge, Calif., on September 8, 1969, the Jedi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Byrds, Creedence Clearwater Revival Festival
- November, 28, 29, 30, 1969, Palm Beach, Florida, sebagai bagian dari Palm Beach Festival Pop Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Chambers Brothers, Sly Dan Family Stone, Jefferson Airplane, Byrds, Spirit, Pacific Gas Day Electric, Sweetwater, Country Joe and the Fish, Johnny Winter, Grand Funk Railroad, Rugbys, King Crimson Day
- 26 June 1970, by Shepton Mallet, Somerset, Inggris, and Sebagai bagian dari Festival of the Blues dan Musik Progressif dengan Led Zeppelin, Byrds, Donovan, Frank Zappa, Santana
- 6 August 1970, Shea's Stad of New York City bersama Paul Simon, Janis Joplin, dan Johnny Winter
- February 26, 1971, by Watres Armory of Scranton, PA, dengan 8th Street Bridge
- July 28, 1991, of Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, sebagai bagian dari Perayaan's Psychedelic bersama Dave Mason, Robbie Krieger, Arlo Guthrie, the Three Dog Night
- 4 August 2007, of Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Maryland, sebagai bagian dari Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival bands Aretha Franklin, Three Dog Night, Robert Randolph, Dan Family Buddy Guy
- Situs rescue John Kay dan Steppenwolf
- Situs web resmi Michael Monarch
- Situs web resmi Bobby Cochran
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